RE: [PHP-DEV] Bundled SQLlite3

Hi Christoph, > -----Original Message----- > From: Christoph Becker [mailto:cmbecker69@gmx.de] > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 12:49 AM > To: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DEV] Bundled SQLlite3 > > Hi! > > What's our stance on updating the bundled SQLite3? > > Currently the PHP-5.6 and 7.0 branch have 3.8.10.2, while the PHP-7.1 and > master branch have 3.9.2 (sqlite3.h) respectively 3.13.0 (sqlite3.c). The latter > would have certainly to be fixed to be consistent, but I have some doubts > regarding sticking with old SQLite3 versions for supported PHP versions. After all, > all minor versions at least as of SQLite 3.9.0 are "regularly scheduled > maintenance releases"[1], and it appears that no bug-fixes will be published for > non-current minor versions. > Normally it is ok to upgrade the bundled libsqlite. When done carefully, even in the stable branch. Fe from the news you've linked - "Yikes! The 3.12.0 and 3.12.1 releases contain a backwards compatibility bug!" :) But similar situations already happened before. However not upgrading it at all for 3 years is also not good, so fine with upgrading it from time to time. A respective RM should be better asked for approval. Regards Anatol